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Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

dnarby — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:05:51 -0000

Hi Giannii,

Here's a good example

http://xtrends.blogspot.com/2009/07/bull-train....

This guy supposedly spoofs IPs, then masks his website using a url shortner.

If Disqus allowed banning a post that contained a specific URL or phrase this would solve this problem

E.g. in this instance, banning http://lin.cr would eliminate the spammer in this example from masking his URL with that particular shortening service.

It would also be a nice feature to allow moderators to ban foul language (could be helpful if for instance you had a site which had a lot of young kids on it).

Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

dnarby — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:15:19 -0000

I'm not the admin, but they are reporting the spammer is spoofing IP's

Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

dnarby — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:15:01 -0000

Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

giannii — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:23:15 -0000

Have you blacklisted by ip? Also you can set your "who can comment"
level higher here: http://disqus.com/admin/permissions

Forward me a couple of those notifications and I can take a deeper look.

Giannii
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Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

dnarby — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:40:35 -0000

Yes, we are aware that currently, the only way to block a user is by blacklisting. That's why is was brought to your attention.

Blacklisting doesn't work for sh*t because spammers are smart enough to:

1. Create new profiles to spam with and

2. Use URL shorteners (e.g. TinyUrl) to mask their spamvertized websites.

Re: Block comments by RegEx and site URL

giannii — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:10:10 -0000

Currently, the only way to block a user is by using the blacklisting. You
can add them by username, ip, or email.
http://disqus.com/admin/permissions

Giannii
DISQUS
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